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ASoIaF: House Baratheon Mystery Cache

Hidden : 5/19/2014
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

 "Ours is the Fury"


A Cache of Ice and Fire

House Baratheon of Storm's End is one of the Great Houses of Westeros, and is the principal great house in the Stormlands. Its seat, Storm's End, is a dark ancient castle raised by the Storm Kings. The Baratheon sigil is a crowned black stag on a field of gold. Members of the family tend to be tall and powerfully built, with dark black hair and blue eyes, as well as strong, square jawlines. They are known for their mercurial tempers, and their words are Ours is the Fury.

House Baratheon is the youngest of the original great houses, tracing its descent from Orys Baratheon, one of Aegon I Targaryen's fiercest generals, and rumored to be his bastard brother. Through the female line, the Baratheons are descended from the Storm Kings, as Orys slew Argilac the Arrogant, last of the Storm Kings, and married his daughter Argella Durrandon. Orys adopted the sigil and words of his wife's ancestral line. The line of the Storm Kings dates back to the very Age of Heroes when their kingdom was founded by King Durran I "Godsgrief", a legendary hero.

The rebellion that usurped the Targaryens, however, was started on behalf of Steffon's son, Lord Robert Baratheon, and his foster-brother, Eddard Stark. The Baratheons and their bannermen were instrumental in the conflict, along with Houses Arryn, Stark, and Tully, and, eventually, House Lannister.

After the war, the house spawned two cadet branches: one seated on the Iron Throne under King Robert, and another on the Isle of Dragonstone headed by Lord Stannis Baratheon. During the Greyjoy Rebellion against Robert's rule, the combined Baratheon fleet defeated the Iron Fleet in the Battle of Fair Isle, commanded by Master of Ships Stannis. With Robert and Stannis gone and holding their own titles, the young Renly Baratheon became Lord of Storm's End. Some time after he achieved manhood, he was appointed to Robert's small council as Master of Laws.


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This is part of a series of caches based on "A Song of Ice and Fire." These are the books that the TV show "A Game of Thrones" is based on. The 'Unknown' caches in this series are nanos. Please bring your own pen and an extraction tool.

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